Playhouse



March 20, 1928. 1,662,823

A. A. FOLEY I PLAYHOUSE Filed May 15. 1927 @nzs /4. Fo/g v IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 20, 1928. it I I y 1,662,823 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed May 13, 1927. Serial No. 191,001.

' This invention relates to a playhouse, and determines the angle the walls assume relait has to do especially with a playhouse of five to each other. v l a. folda'ble or collapsible nature which can The upper edge of each wallis preferably readily be put into position on a lawn or cut slantingly so that the walls are higher other suitable location and which can also at their inner edge. This gives'the'roof a be readily folded or collapsed to be laid gabled effect, as shown in F 1. a ide. The partitions or walls are suitably fin- .This playhouse is designed so that when ished so as to depict different parts of the itis set up it simulates the exterior of the cottage. As shown in Fig. 1, the two walls n cottage or house, and also a. plurality of at the righthand side of the figure are finrooms in the cottage. A roof made of flex islled in a manner to represent a kitchen. ible material provides a covering, and the The two adjacent faces of the walls at the flexible material is connected to the supportleft hand side of the figure are finished to ing structure of the playhouse so that the represent the outside of the cottage. lVhere 7O 15 flexible material is held in position when the four walls or partitions are used there are, house is set up and so thatthe material can of course, four different sections which can be folded when the house is collapsed. be thus arranged for representing different Fig. 1 is a view showing the playhouse as parts of the cottage, and the remaining two it appears when set up. may advantageously represent a bed room 20 Fig. 2 is a view showing how the playand living room. Of course the representahouse is folded. tion can be changed if desired and the out- Fig. 8 is a side elevation of one of the side view of the cottage may be omitted, if

walls or partitions. I desired, and some other interior portion of Fig.4 1s a top plan View with part of the the cottage shown instead. 25 cover or roof cut away. The playhouse of this invention can be The playhouse is made up of a plurality onstructed from any size from a few inches of walls or partitions 1 which are secured in height to a size large enough for use on together along one of their edges s0 h t a lawn, or the like. To make a nice sized they can be extended from each other or la h f l th ll may b 85. folded together. For this purpose each approximately four and a half feet high wall is provided with a number of openings at th ir inn r edges d f r f t t th ir 2 near one edge, and rings 3 are inserted outer edge and having a width of about two through the openings to hold the walls to: and a half feet. In a structure of this size gether as shown in Fig. 4. the house can be readily set up on the lawn 35 These walls may be constructed of heavy for children to play, and the cover protects cardboard or other suitable composition the children from the sun and rain. here board. The rings 3 may be in the form'of the playhouse is made in this relatively large a ring, or if desired, may be in the form of size for lawn use a floor covering 7 may be chains or loops of cord or rope. used. This covering may also be made of 4 A flexible covering 4 of suitable material, canvas or duck cut to desirable shape, pref such as canvas -or duck is secured to the uperably of a shape corresponding to that of per edge of some of the walls, preferably the roof of the playhouse. three walls. This may be done by provid- The use of four walls or partitions with ing the walls with openings 5 and 6 through the representation of four different portions 1 which loops of cord 7 are taken, the loops of the cottage is thought to be preferable being secured to the covering. This coveralthough it will be understood that the ining may be cut so that it is substantially cirvention is not limited to the use of four cular, such as shown in Fig. 4, although partitions, and where desirable even three where four walls are used, as is shown in the walls may be used; this would make a 50 accompanying drawings, the covering may cheaper structure. Also, more than four I be cut square or substantially so. It will walls can be used, as for example, six walls be apparent how the structure may be set with the representation of six differentporup, as shown in Fig. 1, or folded, as shown tions of the cottage. In order to permit the in Fig. 2, and the covering may be folded playhouse to be readily folded, one ormore so that its folds lie between the walls. of the loop connections through the aper- When set up, the covering quite accurately tures 6, for attaching the coverflto the wall,

.may be made detachable; or where four walls are used, one of the four may not be connected to the cover at all.

Claims:

1. A playhouse, comprising a plurality of walls, a flexible connection for connecting the walls together along one edge whereby the house may be set up by moving the walls outwardly in angular relationto each other and whereby the house may be collapsed by folding the Walls together, and a flexible covering which is extended when the house is set up and which is folded when the house is collapsed, said flexible covering being permanently secured to the playhouse.

2. A playhouse, comprising a plurality of walls, means hinging these walls together along one edge of each wall, said walls being adapted to be moved outwardly in angular relation to set up the playhouse, and a flexible covering secured to the top of each Wall, the upper edge of the walls slanting downwardly and outwardly when set up.

serving to position the Walls with respect to each other when the house is set up.

4:. A playhouse, comprising a plurality of wall sections, means for hingedly connecting the walls together, said walls being adapted to be folded outwardly to set up the playhouse, and a flexible covering secured to the top of some of the walls and adjacent the inner and outer edge thereof, said covering being adapted to be folded and unfolded as the house is collapsed and set up respectively, and said covering serving to position the walls with respect to each other when the playhouse is set up.

In testimony WhereofI afl'ix my signature.

AGNES A. FOLEY; 

